Noh and the Natural World
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As Noh Reimagined returns to Kings Place in June 2020, curator Akiko Yanagisawa reflects on the centrality of nature to…
As Noh Reimagined returns to Kings Place in June 2020, curator Akiko Yanagisawa reflects on the centrality of nature to…
Nothing can capture the excitement of an artist in full flight. Sebastian Scotney talks to three masters of improvisation: classical…
World-class pianist Alexandra Dariescu brings her ground-breaking performance The Nutcracker and I to London Piano Festival, following its critically-acclaimed world premiere last…
Paul Hillier, director of Theatre of Voices and Associate Artist in Nature Unwrapped, explores the place where music and the…
Our Nature Unwrapped 2020 programme opened last week with a spectacular series of events and performances from Theatre of Voices, Brian Cox,…
Noh Reimagined returns to Kings Place for a third edition, focusing on the dream world of Mugen Noh. Michael Church…
Since the time of Hildegard of Bingen, every century has had its share of exceptional female composers. So why aren’t…
Chris Watson, sound recordist, artist and composer, is Artist in Residence for Nature Unwrapped; Pascal Wyse introduces him.
With Jewish Book Week just days away, JBW Director Claudia Rubenstein recommends 10 unmissable events for festival first-timers.
Tansy Davies goes deeper than most composers dare to do and emerges with music of clarity and hope. Amanda Holloway…
Jewish Book Week Director Claudia Rubenstein recommends 10 events for those JBW fans who can’t get enough of the talks,…
What made London such fertile ground for musicians from all over the world? And what key roles did those immigrants…
Kevin Le Gendre traces the story of black music in London from the Roman army to Tomorrow’s Warriors.
On Sat 11 Dec, leading composer and clarinettist Mark Simpson performs a programme of clarinet and electronics/loops featuring world premieres,…
Diego Pellecchia, Associate Professor at Kyoto Sangyō University, introduces one of the oldest extant theatrical forms in the world.
Kurt Cobain, spatial collages and synths translated. Nicholas Moroz, Artistic Director of Explore Ensemble, talks to Helen Wallace about the…
Sharon O’Connell reflects on the unique art of PJ Harvey, songwriter, poet and vocalist, and special guest at the Poetry…
Deborah Frances-White hosts her live podcast, The Guilty Feminist, at Kings Place every month, and presents Global Pillage, the panel-show…
Martin Feinstein, artistic director of Bach Weekend, gives us an insight into the world of Douglas Adams’ and his obsession…
From the Dark Ages to the Baroque period, European convents provided a rare – though continually threatened – space for…
Songlines Encounters Festival returns for its ninth edition this summer. Do you know your kannel from your kora, your fado…
Songlines Editor-in-Chief Simon Broughton introduces the special 10th anniversary edition of Songlines Encounters Festival. The first wave of events is…
Our young journalist, Hannah Dienes-Williams, reviews the opening concert in the Brodsky Quartet’s brand-new Rush-Hour Lates series which consists of…
For World Environment Day & Nature Unwrapped, the Mercury Prize nominated folk singer and conservationist premieres new song ‘Heartwood’ –…